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tail rounded in shape, the side feathers black, edged with white ; 

 the two middle ones three times as long as the others, very narrow, 

 and pure white; legs brown. 



The female differs, in having the band across the breast pale 

 rufous brown, instead of black; the colours in general more dilute; 

 also less white in the wing; the two middle long feathers at all times 

 wanting. 



Inhabits the inward parts of the Cape of Good Hope, chiefly in 

 the Country of Coraquois and Kabobiquois, towards the Tropic of 

 Capricorn. Nest and eggs unknown. 



A. — Length nine inches and a half. Bill as in the last, with a 

 slight notch near the tip ; head feathers elongated at the nape ; head, 

 neck, breast, and back, black ; lower part of the breast and belly 

 bluish white ; vent and thighs black ; wing coverts black and white 

 mixed; quills black, the outer margins hoary, most so nearest the 

 base ; tail feathers mixed black and white, but the two middle long 

 ones are white, and exceed the others by four inches and a half; 

 bill and legs pale ash-colour. 



67.— DESERT FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa Deserti, Ind. Orti. ii. 478. Gm. Lin. i. 948. 



■ fuliginosa, Mus. Carls, ii. t. 47. 



Desert Flycatcher, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 217. Shaw's Zool. x. 414. 



SIZE of the Long-tailed Titmouse. Bill yellowish ; plumage 

 in general dusky rust-colour ; wings and tail black, the latter half 

 as long again as the rest of the bird ; the four middle feathers even, 

 the others gradually shorter; legs black. 



Inhabits the Deserts of Africa, met with between the River Heui, 

 and the Spring Quamodacka. 



